RUSSIA: Quakes

The Black Sea coast
was last week visited by a succession of earthquakes. People ran
helter-skelter seeking safety; confusion reigned. Many sought refuge
in boats, with what success despatches did not state.

At Yalta, onetime fashionable resort, 1,300 fugitives fought vainly
for a place on a departing steamer. At Balaklava, famed for the charge
of the Light Brigade, houses toppled. At Miskhor the tower of the
"Lark's Nest" (famed villa) fell from its lofty perch down the cliffs
into the sea.